SEMESTER 2 WC FINAL STUDY GUIDE

Question 1

authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader and suppression

Accepted Answer

fascim

Question 2

why did the US become involved in the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

to prevent the spread of communism

Question 3

What is the name of the race in which the United States and the Soviet Union also competed besides nuclear weapons?

Accepted Answer

space race

Question 4

held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for carrying out invasions of other countries...

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Nuremberg Trials

Question 5

What is a problem that the world faces today that originated from the Cold War arms race?

Accepted Answer

the acquisition of nuclear weapons by other nations

Question 6

which is NOT a goal of propaganda posters directed toward women during WWI?

Accepted Answer

get less people to support the war

Question 7

Why do Japanese history textbooks leave out certain parts of history?

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they create a negative assessment of Japan

Question 8

what is Ho Chi Minh's view on the Vietnam war?

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struggle of nationalism against imperialism

Question 9

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a particular political cause or point of view.

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propaganda

Question 10

What was the difference between Korea and Vietnam after their wars?

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Korea remained a divided nation but Vietnam was reunited under a Communis

Question 11

what is the US' intervention in Vietnam an example of?

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proxy war

Question 12

What was the pattern of interaction between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1979?

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Conflict occurred when one side tried to expand its sphere of influence

Question 13

what made the expansion of the European Union after 2004?

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the collapse of the soviet union

Question 14

Why was the Bolshevik Revolution a major turning point?

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Russia became the first nation with a communist government.

Question 15

Which foreign policy action best explains the United States' response to Cold War situations?

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containment

Question 16

what is the goal of the European Union

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Create a single regional economy among its members

Question 17

how has modern tech affected global society?

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by increasing the speed and extent of cultural diffusion

Question 18

The treatment of Armenians and Bosnian Muslims in the former Yugoslavia (1990s) is an example of human rights violations

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True

Question 19

Vietnamese communist revolutionary who led Vietnamese independence movement

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Ho Chi Minh

Question 20

Treaty Organization founded after the end of WWII in order to help keep the peace across Western Europe

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NATO

Question 21

what started the tensions between North & south Korea?

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Boundaries drawn during the cold war

Question 22

What led to the rise of Adolf hitler and the Nazis?

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economic crisis caused by the Treaty of Versailles after ww1

Question 23

believes that violent revolution is necessary to institute a “new world” run by proletariat. govt. controls the economy

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communism

Question 24

What’s a similarity between Russia under the Czars and under Joseph Stalin?

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Established an authoritarian form of government

Question 25

Peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. It ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers

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Treaty of Versailles

Question 26

Why were nuclear weapons produced by the US & USSR never used during the Cold War besides M.A.D.?

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concerns over their impact on the environment

Question 27

Why did Japan invade China in the 1930s?

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get industrial resources

Question 28

1947: US President argued the world was divided into 2 sides: free (democratic) & enslaved (communist)

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Harry Truman

Question 29

the US and USSR were reluctant to get involved in direct military conflict due to the potential for nuclear destruction

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True

Question 30

what was the cause of the Tiananmen Square massacre?

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Student demands for greater individual rights and freedoms

Question 31

why was Japan able to invade China?

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the League of Nations was ineffective

Question 32

What did the Germans in the 1920s blame their economic situation on?

Accepted Answer

the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Question 33

Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, his assassination by a Serbian nationalist led to the start of WWI

Accepted Answer

Franz Ferdinand

SEMESTER 2 WC FINAL STUDY GUIDE

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SEMESTER 2 WC FINAL STUDY GUIDE

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